How Long to Read Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds

How Long Does it Take to Read Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 19 minutes to read Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?" asks the philosopher. "Why not?" the Marquise replies. "As for me, I'd put myself into their nets of my own volition just to have the pleasure of seeing those who caught me." In this imaginary conversation of three hundred years ago, readers can share the excitement of a new, extremely daring view of the uinverse. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (Entretiens sur la pluralit des mondes), first published in 1686, is one of the best loved classics of the early French enlightenment. Through a series of informal dialogues that take place on successive evenings in the marquise's moonlit gardens, Fontenelle describes the new cosmology of the Copernican world view with matchles clarity, imagination, and wit. Moreover, he boldly makes his interlocutor a woman, inviting female participation in the almost exclusively male province of scientific discourse. The popular Fontenelle lived through an entire century, from 1657 to 1757, and wrote prolifically. H. A. Hargreaves's fresh, appealing translation brings the author's masterpiece to new generations of readers, while the introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart clearly demonstrates the importance of the Conversations for the history of science, of women, of literature, and of French civilization, and for the popularization of culture.

How long is Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds?

Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle is 136 pages long, and a total of 34,816 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to read Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds aloud.

What Reading Level is Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds?

Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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